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The Predictable Heartbreaks of Imogen Finch by Jacqueline Firkins

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The Predictable Heartbreaks of Imogen Finch

A Novel

by Jacqueline Firkins

Narrator Rebecca Gibel

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Length 11 hours 32 minutes

Language English

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“Imogen's mom has a habit of making predictions that generally come true in some way - like the one when she was a child that predicted that Imogen would never come first at anything. And with many years of anecdotal evidence, that seems to be holding true. Imogen has never won a competition or contest, and she has a string of exes who broke up with her when they chose someone else. Now Eliot - one of her best friends, who she's been in love with since they were kids, who went to prom and hooked up with their other best friend, who left after graduation and never came back and barely even wrote - is back in town, and Imogen is confronted with all of her feelings and insecurities again. I got so emotionally invested in these characters, wondering if Imogen would ever come first, if she could learn to ask for more for herself, if Eliot could deal with his own hard past.”
— Melissa • Fiction Addiction

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A beautiful story of friendship, and second chances at love

Imogen Finch has just been through her sixteenth breakup. She saw it coming, so she’s not as crushed as she might be, but with all sixteen of her exes leaving her for other partners, she’s come to believe a prediction her well-intentioned and possibly clairvoyant mother made over twenty years ago: that Imogen would never come first at anything or to anyone.

Is her love life failing due to a magical curse? Insufficient effort? Poor timing or personality mismatches? Everyone has opinions on the matter.

Imogen’s ready to give up altogether. But when Eliot Swift, her secret high school crush, returns to their small coastal town after a decade of nomadic travels, Imogen has new motivation to try again. Eliot’s full of encouragement. He suggests that her curse is not only imagined, it’s easily breakable. All they need is one win—any win—and she can believe in love—and in herself—again.

From trivia games to swimming races to corn-shucking contests, the pair sets out to snag Imogen her first first. But when victory proves more elusive than Eliot anticipated and when his deep-seeded wanderlust compels him to depart for far-away places, Imogen fears she is destined to remain in second place forever.

Fortunately for them both, sometimes magic lingers in the most unexpected places. And love is far from predictable.

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Jacqueline Firkins is the author of four novels for teens and adults. She’s also a costume designer on the full-time faculty in the Department of Theatre and Film at the University of British Columbia, Canada.

Rebecca Gibel is an award-winning stage, television, and voice actress. The narrator of over fifty audiobooks, Rebecca is facile in a wide variety of genres. She holds a BA from the College of William & Mary and an MFA in acting from Brown University/Trinity Rep.